Biography:Robert Alexander Webb
Robert Alexander Webb (21 September 1856 – 23 May 1919) was an American Presbyterian minister and theologian.
Webb was born in Oxford, Mississippi and was ordained a minister in the Presbyterian Church in the United States in 1883, serving as minister of Bethel Presbyterian Church in Clover, South Carolina.[1] He became Professor of Systematic Theology at Southwestern Presbyterian University in 1892, and Professor of Systematic Theology at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in 1908, where he served until his death.[2]
Webb wrote many books, most notably The Reformed Doctrine of Adoption (Eerdmans, 1947).[2][3] Along with Charles Hodge and B. B. Warfield, Webb believed in universal infant salvation.[2][4]
Webb's father-in-law was John Girardeau.[5]
References
- ↑ "Historic Bethel Church". Bethel Presbyterian Church. https://www.bethelchurchpca.com/historic-bethel-church.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Richardson, John R. (3 September 2017). "Brief Biography of R.A. Webb (1856-1919)". https://ulsterworldly.com/post/robert-alexander-webb-by-john-richardson/.
- ↑ Trumper, Tim R. (2001). An Historical Study of the Doctrine of Adoption in the Calvinistic Tradition. University of Edinburgh. p. 25. https://era.ed.ac.uk/bitstream/1842/6803/1/533896.pdf. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
- ↑ Kuiper, R. B. (1966). The Glorious Body of Christ. Banner of Truth Trust. p. 213.
- ↑ "John Lafayette Girardeau". Presbyterian Church in America. https://www.pcahistory.org/HCLibrary/periodicals/spr/bios/girardeau.html.
